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The mango fruit is called a stone fruit because it has __________.

Pericarp is made of 3 layers epicarp- the outer layer, mesocarp- the middle layer and endocarp- the inner most layer. In mango the inner most layer that is endocarp is hard like stone. So, due to hard endocarp mango is also known as stone fruit.

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